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SuzySewing
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My own account of my sewing journey...from learning how to thread a bobbin to...well, we'll see to where!
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Suzy Patterns: Design Inspiration

The main inspiration behind the next design for Suzy Patterns is the 1950s, the sea and the summer! All elements I adore.Even though the first years of my life were spent far from the sea (inner Germ...

23 may 12

Me-Made May: Week 3

Me Made May is going so quick and Im quite happy with how the challenge has been progressing. From the wearing of me-made items perspective only though. Keeping up with the photography challenge is a...

21 may 12

Me-Made May: Week 2

Week 2 of Me-Made May has been successful outfit wise but I did fail to do the photography challenge and indeed to take photos at the weekend. Boohoo!!Day 7 brought us fruit (which I should eat more ...

14 may 12

Suzy Patterns Guest Post

Just a quick check in to let you know I wrote a guest post on Suzy Patterns on the wonderful blog Sewing  and Style Den. Check it out, I hope you enjoy it!

10 may 12

Me-Made May 12: Week One

Me-Made May 12 has begun! I knew from the start that the first week would be my most difficult and it certainly was.  You might recall this is my first Me Made/ Self Stitch challenge and I decid...

07 may 12

Sin or no Sin

I had planned on having this post ready to go up on Thursday last week but unfortunately managed to strain my subscapularis muscle (big one under the armpit) last weekend meaning my arm has been real...

23 apr 12

A Green Linen Antoinette

I want to share with you the beautiful Antoinette Dress Esz made. Isnt it a beauty?Esz was one of my pattern testers and I am forever grateful to her for helping me suss out sizing issues. I think sh...

21 apr 12

In Construction and Fabric Acquisitions

I am so excited and also relieved to have finally released my first sewing pattern. So whats next? Sewing for myself, of course. I am taking the wonderful The Couture Dress by Susan Khalje from ...

16 apr 12

Antoinette Dress Pattern Release

The Antoinette Dress Pattern is here. Ready for you to download, print and sew!Illustration by the talented Danielle MederHop over to The Antoinette Dress Pattern page to access download link.Note: Y...

14 apr 12 1 person likes this

The Antoinette III and the last

This is my latest and also the last version of Antoinette I am sewing. For those who know me and my blog a bit, the fabric choice wont surprise you.I sewed this version in the original fabric I had p...

12 apr 12 1 person likes this

Me-Made May12

I, Suzy from SuzySewing.blogspot.co.uk, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May 12. I endeavour to wear one self stitched garment each day for the duration of May 2012Its my first time participating ...

10 apr 12

Cutting Layouts and an update

Thank you so much all for your comments regarding cutting layouts, both here, on my Twitter account and on Suzy Patterns Facebook page.General feeling I got: Cutting layouts are really not followed b...

08 apr 12

Question Time: Cutting Layouts

Working on  my pattern instructions bookletToday I want to hear from you: Do you use cutting layouts? Do you like them or find them useful? For what reasons?I can say ahead of release that the A...

26 mar 12

A Leopard Minoru Jacket

Guess what? Another garment made out of a leopard print. This time Sewaholic Minoru Jacket.I joined the sew along and worked for the first time ever with a Sewaholic Pattern. It all went pretty smoot...

22 mar 12

The Antoinette Dress - The Big Reveal

Click for bigger versionsMeet Antoinette I! The original design, the original idea. A lovely 3/4 sleeved fitted dress with a sexy pegged skirt and a lace bodice panel that extends high at the necklin...

17 mar 12 2 people like this

Suzy Patterns: The Antoinette II (another sneak preview)

Hello everyone! Things are still quite busy here at Suzy Patterns base, but as promised on my previous post here is a sneak preview of the Antoinette II. Same pattern but a much different look with j...

11 mar 12

Suzy Patterns: The Antoinette I (a sneak preview)

There is a lot of work going on regarding Suzy Patterns. I have a lovely group of talented seamstresses/ sewists/ sewers (did you read the latest discussion on what we should be called?) making up my...

03 mar 12 2 people like this

Early 1955 Knitting Beauty

Some more knitting beauties from the past....enjoy!I love sharing these gorgeous scans with you every week but will probably phase the Thursdays Knitting thing out. I know its not long since I starte...

01 mar 12

Renfrew: The first wearable muslin

Totally inspired and fired up by Laurens awesome post on sewing with knits, I decided to tackle the Sewaholic Renfrew Pattern and managed to get a wearable muslin in no time at all. It is not pe...

25 feb 12

Whats next and life goes on

Let me start by saying thank you so much to everyone for the outpour of support I received, following my announcement last Saturday. I was close to tears when I realised my announcement post held as ...

16 feb 12

Secret Project S revealed

Presenting to you the elusive and secret Project S I have occasionally alluded to in the last year or so.Suzy Patterns are the result of a mishmash inspiration pool mainly from Victorian and Edwardia...

11 feb 12

Another thursday...

...another knitting day! This time, 33 fashion wise knitting designs from early 1956!Especially in love with the fan yoke blouse above. Gorgeous!!And thank you so much to everyone regarding your love...

09 feb 12

Knitted Navy Beauty

Here it is, my first ever hand knitted garment (excluding scarves) completed and being modelled! Mind you, its too cold to wear this now but I couldnt wait for Spring to take some photos and share wi...

02 feb 12

Kimono Sleeve Replacement: Vote on your favourite

My dear readers, I have struggled hard to come to this decision, but I have made up my mind. Im giving up working on the kimono sleeve dress whilst theres time. Part of me saw this as an admittance o...

27 jan 12

Knitting fashions continue

Knitwear fashions continues this week with Vogue Knitting Book 49 (number 50 is missing). Presumably from late 1956, we are getting closer and closer to when fashions change. Dont forget Im going bac...

26 jan 12

My Ruby Slip finished

I finished this project a few weeks back but have been trying to devise a way to take photos of me wearing it that do not look too indecent. However, after a few attempts I gave up and photographed o...

23 jan 12

My article in Handmade Living magazine!

Me and my blog have been featured in Handmade Living Magazine issue 8 from January! I am very, very chuffed with this. If you want to learn a bit more about me, click on image below and have a read, ...

21 jan 12

Knitwear of 1957

The more astute in you might have noticed there was no Thursdays Knitting last week. I do apologise but I found out rather late that I hadnt scanned anything else from my Vogue Knitting Book pile. Al...

19 jan 12

Gusset Love/Hate!

I do love gussets, or should I say the way gussets look with a nice and sleek kimono sleeve. They were widely used in the 50s and I have many sewing patterns from that time that use them. That is why...

14 jan 12

Rock Chick Clovers

I have done my second pair of Colette Clovers, this time in the originally intended fabric (the first ones were a wearable muslin). The choice of fabric and the styling on the photos below ...

09 jan 12

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